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BUSINESS LEADERSHIP ON GROUNDWATER

Workshop, Stockholm, Sept 1, 2016

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Efficiency Replenishment Coordination Research

Food & Agriculture

Power & Infrastructure

Extractives Rio TintoMongolia

Shell Global SolutionsGlobal

ConnocoPhillipsQatar

BHP BillitonSouth Australia

CaterpillarIndia

Veolia EnvironmentGermany

Duke EnergyUnited States

GEUnited States

NestleMexico

Coca-ColaIndia

California Water Action Collaborative

SABMiller & PepsicoIndia

02AREAS OF BUSINESS ACTION

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03WHAT COMPANIES ARE COMMUNICATING

A review of 75 largest public multinationals in 3 sectors

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04GOVERNANCE GAPS & International efforts

1 Absent or weak institutions

Global framework for action & capacity building efforts with governments

2Transboundary jurisdictions

3Insufficient data

Internationally Shared Aquifer Resources Management (ISARM) inventory

Global Groundwater Information System (GGIS)

Global Groundwater Monitoring Network (GGMN)

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1. License to operate: Better communicate what a company is already doing on an issue that will increasingly affect its license to operate.

2. Strategic position: Define the role a company can play to improve transboundary aquifer governance

• Working on pre-competitive efforts with corporate networks

• Working across borders through their subsidiaries

• Partnering with governments, universities and policy-makers to build capacity

3. Corporate assets: Use assets such as groundwater/basin data as a contribution to build localised partnerships.

05RECOMMENDATIONS

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THANK YOU

DownloadCEO Briefing: Global Depletion of Aquifers at earthsecuritygroup.com

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PANELAnna Swaithes, SABMiller plcAnders Berntell, Water Resources Group/IFCYoussef Filali Meknassi, UNESCO-IHP